- Free Your Mind
Infobox Single
Name = Free Your Mind
Artist =En Vogue
Album =Funky Divas
Released =September 24 1992 (U.S.)
Format =CD single ,cassette single
Genre =Funk rock
Length = Album Version 4:52 LP Edit 4:10
Label = East West
Writer = Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
Producer = Foster & McElroy
Last single = "Giving Him Something He Can Feel "
(1992)
This single = "Free Your Mind"
(1992)
Next single = "Give It Up, Turn It Loose "
(1992)"Free Your Mind" is the name of a
Grammy Award -nominated hit single released by the all-female R&B groupEn Vogue inSeptember 24 ,1992 from their critically-acclaimed album "Funky Divas ". The anti-prejudice rock-oriented song reached number eight on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number sixteen on theUK Singles Chart ."Free Your Mind" debuted at number eighty-nine on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 the week of
September 12 ,1992 . Within one week, it jumped to number forty-five, then to number twenty-five, and continued to make impressive strides until it eventually peaked at number eight the week ofOctober 31 ,1992 . Altogether, "Free Your Mind" spent sixteen weeks in the top forty of the "Billboard" Hot 100.This song is featured on "
DANCE! Online ", a multiplayer online casual rhythm game.ong information
"Free Your Mind" was released due to the 1992 uprising that took place in Los Angeles,
California fromApril 29 toMay 4 1992 following the acquittal of the police officers who had beatenRodney King (the riots had been falsely categorised [Mike Davis (1992-06-01). "In L.A., Burning All Illusions", [http://www.thenation.com/ The Nation] ] by some sources as race-related).. The song is known for its very ground-breaking award-winning
music video , directed byMark Romanek . "Free Your Mind" used the chorus line of a George Clinton song with his permission.Fact|date=February 2007 It was certified gold by theRIAA in late 1992. It is one of several songs to feature all four members of the group on lead vocals.The opening line: "Prejudice! Wrote a song about it! Like to hear it? Here it go!", is a line originally used by
David Alan Grier 's character Calhoun Tubbs from FOX's "In Living Color ".Janet Jackson included the video in the "Countdown" of her twenty-five favorite videos of all-time at number eleven. [http://www.janet-xone.com/2006_10_01_archives.html#116036418360381766]The track has been included in
Les Mills ' most recentBodyVive class.Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards of 1993
*Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("nominated")
*Best Music Video, Short Form ("nominated")MTV Video Music Awards 1993
*Video of the Year ("nominated")
*Best Group Video ("nominated")
*Best R&B Video (won)
*Best Dance Video (won)
*Viewer's Choice Award ("nominated")
*Best Direction – Mark Romanek ("nominated")
*Best Choreography – Travis Payne, Frank Gatson, and Lavelle Smith (won)
*Best Cinematography – ("nominated")Charts
ee also
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1992 Los Angeles riots
*1992 in music External links
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002JP6/ Listen to the song at Amazon.com]
A part from Free Your Mind was sampled by artists Twiztid and put on a song entitled "2nd hand smoke" which can be found on Twiztid's first album entitled Mostasteless.
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